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The AFS Public Programs Section has extended the deadline for applications to its Archie Green Student Travel Award to August 15.
The editors are pleased to announce the imminent shipment of the Summer issue (v. 135, no. 537) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly. The issue will also soon be available online to subscribers in Project Muse.
The University of California, Berkeley's Scandinavian department is seeking applications for an assistant professor of Arctic Studies with an emphasis in Indigenous Studies. Submissions are due by October 17, 2022.
Register now for "Appalachian Futurism: The Inaugural Gathering of the Waymakers Collective," a weekend with Appalachian artists, culture workers, organizers, activists, doers, and creatives, August 26–28, 2022 in Knoxville, TN.
The Tennessee Folklore Society is accepting proposals for its 2022 annual meeting, scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the new Tennessee State Library and Archive adjoining Bicentennial Mall in Nashville. Submissions are due by Saturday, September 17, 2022.
The National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) recently announced its new Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship to honor, celebrate, and support Black storytellers residing in the Appalachian counties of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Submissions for the fellowship are due by August 20, 2022.
The Transnational Asia/Pacific Section of the American Folklore Society has extended the application deadline for its Saboohi I. Khan Award for Student Scholarship in Asian and Asian American Folklore. Submissions are due by August 15, 2022.
AFS is taking applications for the Zora Neale Hurston Prize. Submissions are due by August 15, 2022.
The National Park Service (NPS) announced $9.7 million in grants to assist 21 preservation projects in nine states for historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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